Sentences with phrase «precious ultramarine»
In his much later works, such as Lapis - Lazuli II (1994), Polke's use of the precious ultramarine pigment, obtained from a gemstone, allows him to invoke the history of the divinisation of its colour as well as the history of humanity and of minerals brought to Europe via the Silk Road.
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During the Renaissance, the most prized color was ultramarine blue, which was made from precious crushed lapis lazuli and usually reserved for the blue in the Virgin Mary's mantel.